Senate asks Duterte anew to certify BBL as urgent

The Senate on Monday asked President Rodrigo Duterte anew to certify as urgent the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

In a letter sent to the President, newly elected Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said the Senate aims to pass on third reading Senate Bill 1717, or “An Act Providing for the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro and Abolishing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao” before it goes to sine die adjournment on June 2.

“We are hoping for your usual support as we work for the prompt passage of this law,” Sotto and Zubiri said in the letter.

The measure is still pending on second reading at the upper chamber.

The House of Representatives on Monday also said that they will ask the President to certify the measure.

Duterte has urged the Congress to pass the BBL by the end of May. /jpv

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